Updates a neglected incarnational motif with contemporary conceptual resources to propose a novel model of Christ's presence in the Eucharist.
Preface; 1. Discerning the body of Christ; 2. Known in the breaking of bread: a biblical-theological foundation for the Eucharist; 3. 'Holy to the Lord': speech-acts, consecration, and the divine presence; 4. What's in a (re)name? That which we call bread, by another name would be Christ's body; 5. Christology for the Eucharist; 6. Varieties of Impanation; 7. Sacramental Impanation: an incarnational model of the Eucharist; Epilogue.
James M. Arcadi (Ph.D., University of Bristol) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Analytic Theology Project at Fuller Theological Seminary, California. From 2015-2017 he was a Research Fellow in the Jewish Philosophical Theology project at the Herzl Institute. His articles have appeared in Religious Studies, Topoi, Heythrop Journal, and Philosophy Compass. He is the co-editor for special issues of the journals TheoLogica and Open Theology.